Naft shahr

Naft Shahr (Kurdish: نەفتشار, Persian: نفت شهر; also known as Naft Shah, Naft Shāh, Naft-e Shah, Naft-e Shāh, Naft-i-Shah, Naft-ī-Shah) is a district of Qasr-e Shirin County, in Kermanshah Province of Iran. It is a sub-district of Sumar District. It is known for its oilfields. English explorers found oil in Naft Shahr for the first time in 1931. According to Mehr news agency, Naft Shahr which is the only active oilfield in Kermanshah Province has estimated oil reserves of 692 million barrels.[1]

History

2010 incident

On Saturday 29 May 2010 fire broke out at well number 24 at the Naft Shahr oil field.[2] It was put out in 38 days.[3]

Oil field

Naft shahr oil field is located 72 km south of Qasr-e Shirin and 230 km south west of Kermanshah. This field is a common field between Iran and Iraq and provides a portion of Kermanshah's refinery feed.[4] After Iraq-Iran war, reconstruction of the equipment at this refinery was incomplete and did not have safety equipment and measurement systems. [5] The type of its oil is light crude oil.[6][7][8]

See also

References
  1. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iran-oil-fire-idUKTRE64U11720100531
  2. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iran-oil-fire-idUKTRE64U11720100531
  3. https://www.chargoshe.ir/fa/v/city/464
  4. https://financialtribune.com/articles/energy/111099/naft-shahr-oilfield-development-project-makes-75-progress
  5. http://en.oeid.ir/site/index.php/naft-shahr-desalting/
  6. http://ipo.ir/uploads/kermanshah_oil_refining_company.95.07.pdf
  7. https://arena-petrogas.com/en/%d9%be%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%b4%da%af%d8%a7%d9%87-%d9%86%d9%81%d8%aa-%da%a9%d8%b1%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%b4%d8%a7%d9%87/
  8. https://vcmstudy.ir/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87/

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